Scientific Name	Chaetodon quadrimaculatus   Pronounce			by: Lab of Fish Ecol. and Evo., BRCAS
Author	Gray, 1831	Depth	2 - 15M
Chinese	四點蝴蝶魚	Poisonous Fish	No
Family_Chinese	蝴蝶魚科	Economic Fish	No
Family	F393　Chaetodontidae	Edible Fish	No	Chinese In Mainland China	四點蝴蝶魚
Max Length	15 cm	Aquarium Fish	Yes	Common Name	四點蝶
Distribution in World	Pacific Ocean	Distribution in Taiwan	South
Habitats	Coral、Coastal	Holotype Locality	Hawaiian Is.
Synonyms	Chaetodon quadromaculatus
Reference	臺灣魚類誌(沈等, 1993)  Gray, J. E. 1831 沈世傑 編 Shih-Chieh Shen ed. 1993
Specimen List	ASIZP0057507. NTUM02009.
Common Name	Neonbanded butterflyfish; Fourspot butterflyfish; Four-spot butterfly
Redlist Status	Not in IUCN Redlist
Characteristic	Body oval, deep, strongly compressed. Head length about equal to head height; preopercle smooth, without prominent spines. Snout short. Small protractile mouth with brush-like teeth in the jaws. Dorsal fin with XIII to XV spines, no notch between spinous and soft dorsal fin; and 20 or 23 soft rays; anal fin with III spines and 16 to 18 soft rays; pectoral fins transparent with 15 or 16 soft rays; pelvic fins with I stout spine and 5 branched rays; caudal fin rounded. Upper half of body dark with 2 white marks, lower part yellow; a black-edged yellow bar through eye with a white bar just behind it.
habitats	Found almost exclusively on exposed seaward reefs at depths of 2 to 30 m. Feed mainly on polyps of Pocillopora. Solitary or in pairs. Oviparous.
Distribution	Distributed throughout the tropical northwestern and Central Pacific Ocean from Ryukyus, Ogasawara Islands and Taiwan to the Hawaiian, Marquesan, and Pitcairn islands, south to the Samoan and Austral Islands; Marianas and Marshalls in Micronesia. It is fo
Utility	Marine aquarium fish.